Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-05-14
GOVERNMENT HORSE BREEDING,
Some of the Results from this Glass of
Attention to Fine Stock Growing.

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The French Government has for over 200
years given great attention to breeding
horses, and while they have yet succeeded
IN producing their cherat de trait francois,
which was for many generations their war
horse, under the genial climate it has grown
somewhat larger perhaps, and is now recog=
nlzed as draft horse fit for the artillery in
war, while the taste and requirements of
the modern soldier or cavalryman calls for
lighter horse of the style of the coach
horse. Hence the popularity of the den.i-
sang, which is the fayOrite of all the French
military, but they are extensively bred only
IN the North of France. While France is
complaining that they have not enough
cavalry horses, Germany has bought 5000
draft horses in one district of Ardennes,
France, since September, as we learn from
the Journal de HdraS France was obliged
to buy horses for the remounting of the
army during the reign of Louis NV,
when Monsieur Colbert, Prime Minister,
founded the Government breeding stables
in 1865, since which time the French Gov
eminent has been giving great encourage
ment to the production OF the horses that
have made France famous.
The English Government is being urged
to give some encouragement to breeding
cavalry horses, as they can no longer fur
nish their remounts at home, but have
tried Canada with poor success, as the Com
mission had to look through great many
horses to pick out their first order the past
season.
Germany has large Government breeding
stables, but no particular breed of horses,
except their Trakehnen horses, which they
have bred in their purity for many years ;
a very good military horse but not large
enough. We noticed some very handsome
black light harness horses in the streets of
| Paris that were said to come from GERMANY
The Belgian Government has given great
attention to horse breeding and they are
very proud of the Belgian draft horse, and
with the prospect of war, they have pro-
hibited any further expectation of Belgian
horses.
The Russian Government gives some at
tention to horse breeding, and Russia has
more horses than any other country.
A writer in the Journal dc HardS says !:
1.-THE great scarcity of the lighter cavalry
horses in France makes the price very high,
and it has been intimated that America can
furnish our army with horses for 500 to
1000 francs. whereas We now pay 1902
Ship freights are very low going back, as
there are 10 immigrants and not so much
freight going to Europe from this country
as coming here, hence it is that we get such
low rates of transportation going back as
enables us TO ship our beef cattle and cheap
grain to compete with the English farmers.
No wonder they denounce free tlade fail
ure, and demand protection from this land
of plenty.
England is already receiving quite a
number of our best carriage horses, and
would buy many more if we had them.
They pay handsome prices for fine, large,
stylish horses which the New York and
Boston buyers are picking up with the
grade draft horses, at good prices.
The world is our market. We see new
markets opening up to the American horse
breeders. when We get our horses improved
up to a standard to meet the requirements
of other countries. The draft cross is in
creasing the size and value of our native
horses, and the spirit of improvement in
| horse breeding was never SO universal or
so successful in America as at this time.
Our enterprising American importers are
importing thousands of the best horses to
be found in England, France and Scotland
for the rapid improvement of our small
native horses. Nor do we ask any Govern
ment assistance. but seek TO get the best
horses for breeding to be found in any
other or all countries, and will soon be
able to supply all Europe with the class OF
large, active horses they are so much in
need Of Western Agric,dtltrist.